County Clerk has birth, marriage, death records from 1865<br>Probate from 1780<br>Court Records from 1831 and Land Records<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Hampshire County, West Virginia. Page 743 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>

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*[http://www.hampshirecountywv.org/ Hampshire County, West Virginia Government]

[http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/hampshire.html Hampshire County Towns West Virginia Arcives and History]

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In 1860, census takers uncharacteristically recorded slaves' names on slave schedules in Hampshire County.<ref>Tony Burroughs, "African American Research," in ''The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy.'' Digital version at [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Census_Records_in_African_American_Research Ancestry Wiki] - free.</ref>

[http://www.historichampshire.org/cems/ The Cemeteries of Hampshire County, WV]

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*[http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1790m-03.pdf Hampshire County Heads of Families - 1784] at U.S. Census Bureau - free. County begins on page 69.

*[http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1790m-03.pdf Hampshire County Heads of Families - 1784] at U.S. Census Bureau - free. County begins on page 69.

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#'''North River''' (1787)<ref name="baptist">Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, ''A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia'' (1810; reprint, Richmond, Va.: Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 386-387. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=t6RhTC8ziQQC Google Books].</ref>

*'''Howard's Lick Monthly Meeting,''' Petersburg, W.Va. (1750-1767) aka North Fork<ref name="jay" />. This area is currently located in [[Grant County, West Virginia|Grant County]].

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*Cartmell, T. K. ''Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants:&nbsp;A History of Frederick County, Virginia (Illustrated) from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908, Compiled Mainly from Original Records of Old Frederick County, Now Hampshire, Berkeley, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, Warren, Morgan and Frederick''. c1909. {{FHL|180682|item|disp=FHL Book 975.59 H2c 1963}}; {{FHL|218678|item|disp=FHL Film 1000634 Item 1}}; digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=10569 Ancestry] ($); [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH26&CISOPTR=11424 Family History Archives] and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdva3048_shenandoah World Vital Records] ($). [3 copies at FHL.]

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*Cartmell, T. K. ''Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants:&nbsp;A History of Frederick County, Virginia (Illustrated) from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908, Compiled Mainly from Original Records of Old Frederick County, Now Hampshire, Berkeley, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, Warren, Morgan and Frederick''. c1909. {{FHL|180682|item|disp=FHL Book 975.59 H2c 1963}}; {{FHL|218678|item|disp=FHL Film 1000634 Item 1}}; digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=10569 Ancestry] ($); {{FSbook|63612}} and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdva3048_shenandoah World Vital Records] ($). [3 copies at FHL.]

*O'Dell, Cecil. ''Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia''. Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Pub. Co., 1995. {{FHL|594019|item}}. One of the most impressively researched one-place studies in the United States. In a review, Dorman stated "Comprehensive studies such as this appear only rarely. This volume should be in every Virginia genealogical collection."<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia,''" in ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 39, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1995):236.</ref><br>

*O'Dell, Cecil. ''Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia''. Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Pub. Co., 1995. {{FHL|594019|item}}. One of the most impressively researched one-place studies in the United States. In a review, Dorman stated "Comprehensive studies such as this appear only rarely. This volume should be in every Virginia genealogical collection."<ref>John Frederick Dorman, "Review of ''Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia,''" in ''The Virginia Genealogist,'' Vol. 39, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1995):236.</ref><br>

*'''[Lander]''' Lander, David and Peggy Roberta Brown Chapman. ''History of the Lander Family of Virginia and Kentucky''. Chicago, Illinois: Regan Printing House, 1926. 1993 reprint available at {{FHL|632561|title-id|disp=FHL}}.

*'''[Post]''' Poinsett, Doris Jean Post. ''Valentin Pfost/Post, 1740-1800, of Hardy County (West) Virginia and Some of His Descendants''. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1989. Digital version at Family History Archives; {{FHL|349095|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 P845p}}.<br>

*'''[Post]''' Poinsett, Doris Jean Post. ''Valentin Pfost/Post, 1740-1800, of Hardy County (West) Virginia and Some of His Descendants''. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1989. Digital version at Family History Archives; {{FHL|349095|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 P845p}}.<br>

*Cartmell, T. K. ''Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants:&nbsp;A History of Frederick County, Virginia (Illustrated) from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908, Compiled Mainly from Original Records of Old Frederick County, Now Hampshire, Berkeley, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, Warren, Morgan and Frederick''. c1909. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=10569 Ancestry] ($); [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH26&CISOPTR=11424 Family History Archives] and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdva3048_shenandoah World Vital Records] ($). {{FHL|180682|item|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 975.59 H2c 1963}}; {{FHL|218678|item|disp=FHL US/CAN Film 1000634 Item 1}}.

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*Cartmell, T. K. ''Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants:&nbsp;A History of Frederick County, Virginia (Illustrated) from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908, Compiled Mainly from Original Records of Old Frederick County, Now Hampshire, Berkeley, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, Warren, Morgan and Frederick''. c1909. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=10569 Ancestry] ($); {{FSbook|63612}} and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdva3048_shenandoah World Vital Records] ($). {{FHL|180682|item|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 975.59 H2c 1963}}; {{FHL|218678|item|disp=FHL US/CAN Film 1000634 Item 1}}.

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Hampshire County men served in the 77th and 114th Regiments.<ref>Stuart Lee Butler, ''A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812'' (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 100. {{FHL|669440|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2bs}}.</ref>

Hampshire County men served in the 77th and 114th Regiments.<ref>Stuart Lee Butler, ''A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812'' (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 100. {{FHL|669440|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2bs}}.</ref>

Church

Baptist

The 10,000 name petition (dated 16 October 1776) has been digitized at the Library of Congress website. It was signed by people from all over Virginia who wanted an end to persecution of Baptists by the Established Church. Baptists and Baptist sympathizers alike signed the petition. To find your ancestor in this record, first check Hall's transcription in the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy (Vols. 35-38, with annotations in Vol. 39), which is available online at Ancestry ($). It is also available in book form at the Family History Library: FHL Book 975.5 B2vs v. 35-39. Then proceed to the Library of Congress website to see the original images.

O'Dell, Cecil. Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia. Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Pub. Co., 1995. FHL Collection. One of the most impressively researched one-place studies in the United States. In a review, Dorman stated "Comprehensive studies such as this appear only rarely. This volume should be in every Virginia genealogical collection."[6]

[Means] Newton, John Lee. The Means Family of Paris, Edgar County, Illinois: This is a Year 2002 Update of the 1972 "The Means Family of America";, Chapter 2, Edited by Elizabeth Cissel Foglesong. Dallas, Texas: J.L. Newton, 2002. FHL Book 929.273 M462n.

[Pierpoint] Stickney, A.B. "The American Ancestry of John Pierpoint of (West) Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1958):51-61. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).

[Post] Poinsett, Doris Jean Post. Valentin Pfost/Post, 1740-1800, of Hardy County (West) Virginia and Some of His Descendants. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1989. Digital version at Family History Archives; FHL Book 929.273 P845p.

Boogher, William F. Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection, Largely from Original Sources. Washington, D.C.: n.p., 1903. Digital version at Google Books; 1965 reprint: FHL Book 975.5 H2bw 1965. [Includes a chapter titled "Legislative Enactments connecting the preceding historic sketch [French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War] with the adjudication of the resulting accounts that follow; with the list of officers, soldiers and civilians entitled to compensation for military and other services rendered." For Hampshire County, see pp. 85-86.]

Revolutionary War

Regiments. Service men in Hampshire County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Hampshire County supplied soldiers for the:

A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Bookset. al. 1967 reprint: FHL Book 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Western District, Hampshire County on page 134.]

War of 1812

Civil War

Regiments. Service men in Hampshire County, West Virginia Genealogy served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Hampshire County, West Virginia Genealogy:

[1787] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 & 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 & Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle & Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. FHL Book 975.5 R4sn v. 1. [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Hampshire County is included in Vol. 1.]

↑Tony Burroughs, "African American Research," in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy. Digital version at Ancestry Wiki - free.

↑ 4.04.14.2Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (1810; reprint, Richmond, Va.: Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 386-387. Digital version at Google Books.

↑Name Search at Genealogical.com is a comprehensive name index to 638 books and CDs published or reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company (now Genealogical.com). For a complete list of the works included, see Publications in Name Search at Genealogical.com

↑E.M. Sanchez-Saavedra, A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787 (Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1978), 67-68. FHL Book 975.5 M2s.